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How popular is “Benedict” in the USA?

Number of people named “Benedict” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Benedict” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Benedict” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Benedict” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Benedict” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Benedict” by birth year

This chart shows how “Benedict” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1882 8 0.000036112 8 -100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 -100%
1885 12 0.000049823 12 -100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 -100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 -100%
1890 10 0.000033178 10 -100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1892 9 0.000026916 9 -100%
1894 7 0.000020668 7 -100%
1895 8 0.000022791 8 -100%
1896 12 0.000033568 12 -100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 -100%
1898 8 0.000020972 8 -100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 -100%
1900 11 0.00002443 11 -100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1903 11 0.000028856 11 -100%
1904 18 0.000044611 18 -100%
1905 13 0.000030666 13 -100%
1906 15 0.00003501 15 -100%
1907 19 0.000040826 19 -100%
1908 11 0.000022511 11 -100%
1909 12 0.000023473 12 -100%
1910 29 0.000049093 29 -100%
1911 25 0.000038803 25 -100%
1912 46 0.000046556 46 -100%
1913 51 0.000044851 51 -100%
1914 115 0.000081195 115 -100%
1915 133 0.000072581 133 -100%
1916 146 0.000075475 146 -100%
1917 152 0.000075744 152 -100%
1918 163 0.000075077 163 -100%
1919 119 0.000056392 119 -100%
1920 127 0.000056129 127 -100%
1921 135 0.000057828 135 -100%
1922 140 0.000061158 140 -100%
1923 104 0.000045169 104 -100%
1924 114 0.000047867 114 -100%
1925 104 0.000044572 104 -100%
1926 115 0.000050089 115 -100%
1927 102 0.000043978 102 -100%
1928 98 0.000043345 98 -100%
1929 105 0.000047898 105 -100%
1930 89 0.000040031 89 -100%
1931 67 0.000031838 67 -100%
1932 73 0.000034576 73 -100%
1933 65 0.000032509 65 -100%
1934 74 0.000035631 74 -100%
1935 58 0.000027753 58 -100%
1936 63 0.000030324 63 -100%
1937 67 0.000031446 67 -100%
1938 72 0.000032541 72 -100%
1939 68 0.000030861 68 -100%
1940 63 0.000027359 63 -100%
1941 71 0.000029141 71 -100%
1942 92 0.000033677 92 -100%
1943 74 0.000026217 74 -100%
1944 74 0.000027508 74 -100%
1945 68 0.000025632 68 -100%
1946 71 0.00002222 71 -100%
1947 102 0.000028315 102 -100%
1948 79 0.000022882 79 -100%
1949 81 0.000023244 81 -100%
1950 96 0.000027402 96 -100%
1951 86 0.000023346 86 -100%
1952 64 0.000016851 64 -100%
1953 94 0.000024392 94 -100%
1954 75 0.000018841 75 -100%
1955 65 0.000016189 65 -100%
1956 85 0.000020616 85 -100%
1957 85 0.000020228 85 -100%
1958 92 0.000022255 92 -100%
1959 90 0.000021645 90 -100%
1960 79 0.000019019 79 -100%
1961 86 0.000020761 86 -100%
1962 90 0.000022303 90 -100%
1963 82 0.000020716 82 -100%
1964 78 0.000020064 78 -100%
1965 65 0.000017929 65 -100%
1966 60 0.000017263 60 -100%
1967 65 0.000019146 65 -100%
1968 57 0.000016872 57 -100%
1969 45 0.000012948 45 -100%
1970 43 0.000011923 43 -100%
1971 39 0.000011362 39 -100%
1972 52 0.000016545 52 -100%
1973 44 0.000014585 44 -100%
1974 40 0.000013158 40 -100%
1975 50 0.00001656 50 -100%
1976 45 0.00001483 45 -100%
1977 49 0.000015426 49 -100%
1978 46 0.000014493 46 -100%
1979 44 0.000013225 44 -100%
1980 55 0.000015967 55 -100%
1981 55 0.000015899 55 -100%
1982 42 0.000011973 42 -100%
1983 53 0.000015303 53 -100%
1984 45 0.000012899 45 -100%
1985 47 0.000013169 47 -100%
1986 62 0.00001743 62 -100%
1987 58 0.000016086 58 -100%
1988 59 0.000015967 59 -100%
1989 54 0.000014046 54 -100%
1990 47 0.000011891 47 -100%
1991 43 0.000011039 43 -100%
1992 36 0.000009372 36 -100%
1993 61 0.000016179 61 -100%
1994 40 0.000010759 40 -100%
1995 46 0.000012561 46 -100%
1996 57 0.000015628 57 -100%
1997 49 0.000013514 49 -100%
1998 60 0.000016312 60 -100%
1999 54 0.000014619 54 -100%
2000 61 0.000016138 61 -100%
2001 51 0.000013624 51 -100%
2002 57 0.000015248 57 -100%
2003 57 0.000014991 57 -100%
2004 54 0.000014133 54 -100%
2005 158 0.000041094 158 -100%
2006 130 0.00003286 130 -100%
2007 89 0.000022263 89 -100%
2008 101 0.000025695 101 -100%
2009 85 0.00002225 85 -100%
2010 87 0.000023541 87 -100%
2011 58 0.000015857 58 -100%
2012 87 0.000023788 87 -100%
2013 109 0.000029899 109 -100%
2014 140 0.000037773 140 -100%
2015 153 0.000041341 153 -100%
2016 152 0.000041432 152 -100%
2017 169 0.000047257 169 -100%
2018 210 0.000059729 210 -100%
2019 179 0.000051571 179 -100%
2020 187 0.000055978 187 -100%
2021 220 0.000064936 220 -100%
2022 234 0.000069167 234 -100%
2023 245 0.000073991 245 -100%
2024 254 0.000076311 254 -100%

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